Kriseman has been completely out of touch with his City
since the day he took office.

The seeming inability to look past 16th
Street West and North of 22nd Avenue, the Mayor does not begin to
understand who constitutes his City.

The argument against the Trump immigration ban and the
President's immigration stand are valid arguments.

However, St. Petersburg, for all the Mayors' focus on millennials
and a "younger" City is made up of retirees, and those who live here
to be safe from threats.

If these people wanted to live in a sanctuary city with
lawbreakers roaming the streets, they would have relocated to one.

The reality of a mayor hamstringing his police department,
setting up conflict between the County Sheriff and the City and going against the law of the land while compromising the safety of everyone in Pinellas
County is compelling evidence that Kriseman does not deserve a second term.

Kriseman's position is "if I don't like a law,
I'll just not enforce it." What that position leads to is anarchy.

Kriseman got his 15 minutes of fame and made the City,
he claims to love look foolish in the process.

A lot of us have issues with President Trump's policies,
but our opinions are our opinion. A Mayor's opinion becomes the de-facto opinion
of a City and its residents.

Kriseman's approach can draw to St. Petersburg the very
people the law refutes and is designed to deter.

People who violate the law, whatever that law may be
have violated the law. They are to be recognized for what they have done and be
treated, as the law requires until that law is changed.

An elected politician, regardless of who he or she may be,
does not have the luxury of picking what laws will and will not be enforced.

As I write this, the Florida Legislature is considering
legislation that would penalize Cities and Counties that set themselves up as sanctuaries.

Let's hope Kriseman comes to his senses before he does
anymore harm to St. Petersburg.